About Me

Hello! I’m Carolena

Owner and Licensed Professional Counselor

Carolena Dunlap, M.A., L.P.C.

Welcome to Mindset Counseling Center.

Mindset Counseling Center is a product of my passion and purpose to bring individualized therapy and support to individuals, couples, and families. Our goal is to provide therapy that offers corrective experiences that positively impact the view of self and others and shape stable, lasting change. It is to offer transformative moments where vulnerability is encountered with balance. We work to enable clients to move into the openness, responsiveness, and full engagement that characterizes secure attachment with others. We strive to enable clients to shape a coherent sense that can deal with existential life issues and become the best version of themselves.

I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy for individuals and couples. EFT is a humanistic, based psychotherapy that works on understanding individual dysfunction and health as well as the nature of love, relationships, and family bonds. It works to use change strategies and interventions that are specific. This method has been validated with over 30 years of empirical research.

I currently work on a committee providing education and support for the EFT model of therapy. I have collaborated with other therapists for several marriage weekend retreats as well as Christian faith-based counseling services. My area of focus extends to those within the LGBTQ community. I provide services for teens at risk of being removed from home and or school due to escalations of physical violence, verbal aggression, truancy, court or child youth services involvement, and IEP support. I am able to communicate with schools to assist those in need of transitional counseling and working between the home and school environments.

Our method is to not simply focus on the mind, but also the body as a whole. As a former Nutrition Educator for Einstein Hospital, I believe, in order to heal the mind, you need to also focus on what you are putting in your body. That is why, at Mindset Counseling Center, we integrate nutrition and wellness checks into our sessions, to truly heal from the inside out.

I view each person as unique and made up of many different aspects, So I work to look at people in a holistic view. This includes their cognitive, emotional, physical, and spiritual selves. I use positive, strengths-focused tools to help you consider things in a new light. I am committed to taking the appropriate amount of time and effort needed for healing so that you can build sustainable change and feel confident to move forward.

I look forward to working with you and hope you find comfort at Mindset Counseling Center. Together, we can all live a more fulfilling life.